قراءة كتاب Women of India
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WOMEN OF INDIA
BY
OTTO ROTHFELD, F.R.G.S., I.C.S.
AUTHOR OF
‘INDIAN DUST,’ ‘LIFE AND ITS PUPPETS’
‘WITH PEN AND RIFLE IN KISHTWAR’
ILLUSTRATED BY
M.V. DHURANDHAR
BOMBAY
D.B. TARAPOREVALA SONS & CO.
Printed in Great Britain
by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh
DEDICATED
WITH THE DEVOTION OF A LIFETIME
TO THE KINDEST OF FRIENDS
MRS ARGYLL ROBERTSON
A CONSTANT WELL-WISHER OF
INDIAN WOMANHOOD
Contents
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | AS THEY ARE | 1 |
| II. | MARRIAGE IN INDIA | 15 |
| III. | THE HINDU WOMAN IN MARRIAGE | 31 |
| IV. | THE LADIES OF THE ARISTOCRACY | 61 |
| V. | THE MIDDLE CLASSES | 89 |
| VI. | THE WORKING AND ABORIGINAL CLASSES | 127 |
| VII. | THE DANCING GIRL | 149 |
| VIII. | WOMAN’S DRESS | 175 |
| IX. | THE MOVING FINGER | 197 |
List of Illustrations
| NO. | FACING PAGE | |
| 1. | A BOMBAY LADY | Frontispiece |
| 2. | A PATHARE PRABHU | 7 |
| 3. | WATER-CARRIER FROM AHMEDABAD | 8 |
| 4. | SWEEPER | 10 |
| 5. | FISHER WOMAN OF SIND | 19 |
| 6. | MUSSULMAN ARTISAN FROM KÁTHIAWÁD | 23 |
| 7. | PATHAN WOMAN | 26 |
| 8. | BORAH LADY FROM SURAT | 30 |
| 9. | A BRAHMAN LADY GOING TO THE TEMPLE | 37 |
| 10. | FROM JODHPUR | 44 |
| 11. | A MILL-HAND | 53 |
| 12. | A MAHAR WOMAN | 60 |
| 13. | LADY FROM MEWÁR | 69 |
| 14. | RAJPUT LADY FROM CUTCH | 76 |
| 15. | MAHRATTI LADY | 78 |
| 16. | NAIR LADY | 83 |
| 17. | MUSSULMAN LADY OF NORTHERN INDIA | 87 |
| 18. | FROM BURMAH | 90 |
| 19. | LADY FROM MYSORE | 94 |
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